Nevada Revised Statutes 360.283 – Annual determination of population of towns, townships, cities and counties; employment of demographer
1. The Department shall adopt regulations to establish a method of determining annually the population of each town, township, city and county in this State and estimate the population of each town, township, city and county pursuant to those regulations.
Terms Used In Nevada Revised Statutes 360.283
- Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
- county: includes Carson City. See Nevada Revised Statutes 0.033
- Department: means the Department of Taxation. See Nevada Revised Statutes 360.001
- population: means the number of people in a specified area as determined by the last preceding national decennial census conducted by the Bureau of the Census of the United States Department of Commerce pursuant to Section 2 of Article I of the Constitution of the United States and reported by the Secretary of Commerce to the Governor pursuant to 13 U. See Nevada Revised Statutes 0.050
2. The Department shall, on or after July 1 of each year, issue an annual report of the estimated population of each town, township, city and county in this State as of July 1 of that year.
3. Any town, city or county in this State may petition the Department to revise the estimated population of that town, city or county. No such petition may be filed on behalf of a township. The Department shall by regulation establish a procedure to review each petition and to appeal the decision on review.
4. The Department shall, upon the completion of any review and appeal thereon pursuant to subsection 3, determine the population of each town, township, city and county in this State, and submit its determination to the Governor.
5. The Department shall employ a demographer to assist in the determination of population pursuant to this section and the projection of population pursuant to NRS 360.289 and to cooperate with the Federal Government in the conduct of each decennial census as it relates to this State.